June 13, 2024 1:10 PM
Anti-abortion groups vow to continue challenging abortion after Supreme Court decision
By CNN staff
Anti-abortion groups are protesting after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to restrict the widely used abortion drug mifepristone.
Many states have banned abortions following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Thursday’s ruling means they can continue to mail the pill to patients without an in-person doctor’s appointment.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life AmericaState policy director Katie Daniel called it “a sad day for all who care about women’s health and the lives of unborn children,” according to the website of the New Jersey Center to Prevent Abortion, a group that seeks to end abortion in the US.
““The fight to stop the mail-order sale of dangerous abortion pills is not over,” Daniel said in a statement. “Planned Parenthood boasts that it distributes these high-risk pills through its app, ‘without any face-to-face interaction with a doctor,’ to anyone with a mailing address, including traffickers and abusers.”
The group’s president, Marjorie Dannenfelser, accused Democrats of using “pro-abortion fear mongering” to gain an advantage in the next election and “mandating abortion on demand, at any time, for any reason, including DIY abortion ordering by mail in every state in the country.”
March for Life In a statement, the group’s president, Jeanne Mancini, said the group was disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision, which “allows the FDA to continue to ignore the health and safety of women and girls across the nation.”
“We will continue to educate and advocate for the need for common-sense protections when it comes to women’s health and well-being and protecting our most vulnerable,” Mancini said.
According to data analyzed by CNN, mifepristone is even safer than common, low-risk prescription drugs such as penicillin and Viagra.
